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Characteristic temperature spectra in a tropical dry evergreen forest area

Charakteristische Temperaturspektren in einem tropischen trockenen immergrünen Forstgebiet

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Summary

Temperature spectra for time series spanning 23 days in June–July 1970 were computed at different levels of two 50 m high instrumented towers. One tower was located in a 450 m diameter clearing and the other in a forest, 500 m away. The spectra for both cases exhibit significant diurnal and semidiurnal peaks. An attempt is made to explain the semidiurnal peak in terms of the topographical features of the surrounding environment.

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Es wurden Temperaturspektren von Zeitreihen über 23 Tage von Juni bis Juli für verschiedene Höhen auf zwei 50 m hohen Türmen berechnet. Ein Turm ist in einer Lichtung von 450 m Durchmesser und der andere in einem 500 m davon entfernten Forst gelegen. Für beide Fälle weisen die Spektren signifikante ganztägige und halbtägige Spitzenwerte auf. Es wurde versucht, den halbtägigen Spitzenwert mit den topographischen Verhältnissen der Umgebung zu erklären.

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  1. R. Pinker &  H. E. Landsberg

    Present address: Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, MD, U. S. A.

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    Contribution 143 of the Graduate Program in Meteorology, University of Maryland.

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    Pinker, R., Landsberg, H.E. Characteristic temperature spectra in a tropical dry evergreen forest area. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biokl. B. 24, 243–251 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02243343

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